Bee-hive



(No Model) J. M. SHUGK.

BEE HIVE.-

No. 338,647. V Patented Mar. 23, 1886.

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JOHN'M. SHUOK, OF DES MOINES, IO\VA.

BEE-HIVE.

SPECIIEICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 338,647, dated March23, 1886.

Application filed September 5, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. Simon, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and Stateof Iowa, have invented an Improved Bee-Hive, of which the following is aspeci fication.

My invention relates to the manner of fastening honey-frames and surplussections to adapt hives and surplus-boxes to be inverted withoutremoving the frames and sections.

Heretofore I provided honey-frames with projections at the centers oftheir ends and clamped such projections in rabbets cut in the matingedges of a wall formed in two parts, as shown in the United StatesPatent No. 329,341, issued to me October 27, 1885, and secured surplussections in a box that is divided horizontally, as shown in my LettersPatent of the United States, No. 333,168, dated December 29, 1885.

My improvement consists in the construe tion and combination of pivotedframe-clamping devices to engage the ends of frames, movable bottoms andcovers having fixed frameclamps, a surplus -box composed of sectionsthat are joined at their vertical edges, and an adjustable fastening andclamping device, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Whioh Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section of the complete hive; Fig. 2, a sectionalView showing the movable honey frame clamped fast by the devices fixedto the movable bottom and movable cover. Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofone of the sections of the surplusbox, and Fig. 4 a perspective view ofthe complete hive.

A A are wooden end pieces fixed to the sides B by nailing, or in anysuitable way to produce a hive of quadrangular form.

C is a loose bottom having a bee-passage at its end, and D is a movablecover of corresponding size and shape.

ff are rigid flat metal bars pivoted at their ends in correspondinghorizontal slots formed in the centers of the ends A. These metal stripsor bars are wide enough to extend inside of the hive, so that theirinner edges will come in contact with the centers of the end Serial No.176,216. (No model.)

pieces of the movable honey-frames g, to clamp the frames fast, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

1 2 3 4 are wires fixed to the frames 9 to support comb-foundations andfinished and filled combs.

h h are clamping devices, preferably made by doubling strips of sheetmetal together and then spreading the edges at right angles to thedoubled center, and then fixing them on the top surface of the bottom 0and on the bottom surface of the cover D by nailing or in any suitableway, in such a manner that the projecting edges of the strips willengage the horizontal bars of the honey-frames, to clamp the frames fastbetween the movable bottom and movable cover of the hive, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2.

Heretofore plain strips have been fixed to the hives to engage notchesin movable frames, and notched strips have been fixed in hives to engagethe plain bars of movable frames, for the purpose of retaining theframes stationary and the spaces between the frames always the same; butit is often desirable to adjust the parallel frames by moving themlaterally closer together or farther apart, and to accomplish this I fixplain strips to the top and bot tom of the hive in such a manner thatwhen the top cover, having plain strips on its under side, is liftedfrom a series of plain frames, that rest upon plain strips fixed 011 theupper side of the bottom, each frame can be moved horizontally and allthe frames moved close together, or apart any distance desired, andfirmly held wherever placed by means of the same plain strips fixed tothe bottom and cover.

K K are the end pieces, and m the back piece, of one of the sections ofmy verticallydivisible surplus-boxes, nailed or otherwise rigidly fixedtogether.

a a are wooden strips fixed on the top and bottom edges of the ends K.Theirinner edges project inward to overlap movable surplushoney sections0, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

K are partitions fixed to the inside of the back.

at and a are the metal straps nailed on the top and bottom edges of thepartitions K, and project on both sides, as required, to overlap andengage the top and bottom corners of the movable honey-sections O andthe veneers or covers 0, placed on the tops and bottoms of the sections0 to keep them bright and clean. Two of the series of sections havetheir backs m made of boards an inch thick, to be used on the outside asparts of the outside wall of the complete vertically-divisiblesurplus-box, and the pieces K, fixed thereto, are providedwithprojecting screw heads or buttons 7, over which a wire loop, 8, isplaced to connect the entire series of sections, as clearly shown inFig. 4.

S represents a device (preferably a short metal bar perforated at eachend and the wire S passed through each end) that serves to regulate thetension of the wire loops as required to clamp the series of sectionsfirmly together, so that they can be handled jointly as one completesurplus-box, and lifted off and on the hive at pleasure.

S are adjustable fastening devices on the outside of the hive andsurplus-box, by means of which the loosebottom, cover, and surplusboxare detachably fastened together in a common way.

S are metal sockets fixed to the outside and center of the hive toreceive the pivots of my machine for lifting and inverting bee-hives, asand for the purposes set forth in my Letters Patent of the United StatesN 0. 335,153, dated February 2, 1886.

z is a fastening device, preferably a hook and staple, fixed to theoutside of the hive to engage and retain the pivoted metal bar f when itis pressed in to clamp the honey-frames fast.

on is a loose partition, corresponding in shape and size with the fixedbacks m, placed between the open sides of two sections in the box.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a bee-hive havinghorizontal slots in its walls, removable strips fitted in said slots,and removable honeyframes in the inside of the hive engaged and fastenedby said strips, as set forth.

2. The combination of the strips f with the walls of a bee-hive havinghorizontal slots 9 and removable comb-frames, as set forth.

3. The combination of a bottom, 0, and a cover, D, each havingplain-edged fixed strips or bars h, with the Wall of a bee-hive and aseries of plain-edged movable honeyframes, as and for the purposesstated.

4. A bee-hive having horizontal slots in opposite ends or sides, andremovable bars fitted in said slots, a removable bottom and a removablecover, each having fixed strips or bars on their inside surfaces, and aseries of removable honey-frames, arranged and combined to operate inthe manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

5. A surplus-box section for bee-hives, having one open side composed ofend pieces, K, backs m, and strips 12. and a, substantially as shown anddescribed, for the purposes stated.

6. A surplus-box for bee hives, consisting of a series of three sidedsections, K K m, having fixed strips n and n and clamping devices r s s.

7. A vertically divisible surplus box for bee-hives, composed of aseriesof sections having closed backs and closed ends, fixed partitions,laterally-projecting strips fixed on the top and bottom edges of theends and fixed partitions, a loose partition corresponding in size andshape with the fixed backs, and a clamping device for fastening thesections together.

JOHN M. SHUOK.

Witnesses:

FRED WVooDRoW, THOMAS G. ORWIG.

